Severe Intestinal Illness Strikes Children At Camp

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July 15, 1999

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - Scores of children at a summer camp became violently ill with vomiting and diarrhea, and investigators are trying to determine what happened. About 100 children got severely sick at the Emma Kaufmann Camp in Stewarts- town on July 5, and on Wednesday, another 60 had fallen ill, said Ed Phillips, Monongalia County Health Department administrator. Most are recovering, and officials asked parents to leave their children at the camp to help contain the outbreak and identify its source. Investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are helping officials determine the cause.